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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.4

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 4

भवन्निगदितं वर्त्म नानुष्ठास्यन्ति दुर्धियः । तेषां का गतिरीशान विशेषाद्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ ४ ॥

bhavannigaditaṁ vartma nānuṣṭhāsyanti durdhiyaḥ | tēṣāṁ kā gatirīśāna viśēṣādvaktumarhasi || 4 ||

Translation

Of poor understanding, they will not follow the path you have taught. What will become of them, Lord? Please tell me in detail.

Word by word

bhavat
by you
nigaditaṁ
taught
vartma
the path
na
not
anuṣṭhāsyanti
they will follow
durdhiyaḥ
(durdhiyaḥ) of poor understanding
tēṣāṁ
of them
kā
what
gatiḥ
(gatiḥ) will become
īśāna
O Lord
viśēṣāt
(viśeṣāt) in detail
vaktum
(vaktum) to tell
arhasi
please

Meaning

Gati, the commentary says, means here the means of their release.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Durdhiyaḥ: of bad understanding. Īśāna: O lord of power. What will be the end (gati) of those people, what is the means of their liberation? You are able to tell it in detail. "Gati is knowledge, condition, path, journey and means," says the lexicon.